Shoe-upper.



M. LIPPIELLO. SHOE UPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1912.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Application filed July 2, 1912. Serial-No. 707,306. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHELE LIPPIELLO,a citizen of the United States,residing at Uniontown, in the county of Fayette and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Uppers,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoe uppers and the principal object of theinvention is to provide a shoe upper which is constructed of a singlepiece of leather and joined together in such a manner that practicallyno seams are necessary.

'A further object of the invention is to provide a shoe in which theupper is constructed of a single piece of material, whereby the lastingand stitching operation are rendered more simple and less expensive.

Further objects of this invention will appear as the following specificdescription isread in connection with the accompanying drawing, whichforms a part of this application, and in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of the completed shoe. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blank usedin forming the upper.

In producing the shoe, the upper is constructed of a single piece ofmaterial comprising a vamp 1, foxing 2, and top 3, all of which areformed from an integral piece of leather, the foxing and vamp beingjoined together upon one side of the shoe by a seam 3 which forms anangular continuation of the button or lacing connection 4: which joinsthe free edges of the upper, as is well understood. In cutting the upperto produce the form shown in Fig. 2, a piece of leather is folded on theline aa 'and then upon the line 6-?) and the bottom of the vamp andfoxing out upon a compound curve 5 so as to procure the proper form forattaching the upper to the sole. The portion of the foxing strip whichis in the rear of the line (1-4; on the blank is cut inwardly on anobtuse angle to the bottom line of the blank, as shown at 6, thenoutwardly at right angles, as shown at 7, and again at right angles tothe cut 7, so as to produce the tongue 8 which is preferably stitched tothe under side of the vamp so as to prevent tearing of the leather whenthe lacing or button connection is open. The opposite side of the vampis cut inwardly and on an acute angle, as shown at 9, and then on acompound curve 10 to produce an artistic edge for the overlappingportion of the top in which the bottom holes 11 are formed. Suitablestraps 12 may be produced in cutting the blank, as shown, so as to makea more ornamental structure or the straps 12 may be left entirely oii.From the upper end of the tongue 8, the top is cut on a deep inwardcurve, as shown at 13, so as to conform to the curvature of the wearersankle. While the appearance of the blank would'naturally lead one tobelieve that the shoe would be of awkward or roughly finished form, thiswould not be the case, as when the upper is stretched over the last andproperly connected to the sole, the shoe will assume the form shown inFig. l and will be free of seams across the instep and at the heel. Alsothere will be no seams connecting the foxing strip and the top or anymeans connecting the vamp and the ,top.

What is claimed is A shoe upper having top, vamp and foxthe vamp portionhaving a the foxing portion having a straight edges meeting a scam, the

ing portions, straight edge, straight edge, said and being securedtogether by top portion having an extension jects under the vamp portionabove the said meeting edges toward the toe of the shoe.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHELE LIPPIELLO. Witnesses:

H. F. DETWILER, JOSEPH Vnooruo.

which proand extends from said seam

